Handle for coach-doors.



No. 688,702. Patented Dec. lo, 190:. 0. H. summon.

.HANDLE FOR COACH DOORS.

(Application filed Sept. 16, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES ORRIN H. SCRANTON, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

HANDLE FOR COACH-DOORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 688,702, dated December10, 1901; Application filed September 16,1901. filerial No. 75,456. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ORRIN H. SCRANTON, of New Haven, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Handles for Coach-Doors; and I do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andthe letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in-- Figure 1, a side view of a handle forcoachdoors embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a similar View showing asocket in section and indicating the socket as arranged at an angle withthe line of the spindle; Fig. 3, a per spective view of the socketdetached.

This invention relates to an improvement in handles for coach orcarriage doors, the object being to provide a bearing for the handlewhich will permit the handle to be inserted at difierent angles withrelation to the door, so as to conform to the curvature of the face ofthe door, which is not always at a right angle to the forward edge ofthe door; and the invention consists in forming the shank of the handlewith a ball and providing a socket adapted to be inserted into the faceof the door to receive said ball,- as will be more fully hereinafterdescribed,- and particularly recited in the claims.

As herein shown, the shank A of the bandle B, which may be of anysuitable design, is formed with an enlarged ball or boss C, beyond whichthe spindle D projects, the said spindle being provided with a roundedsurface E adjacent to the ball C. With a handle thus formed I employ asocket F, having external threads G, adapting it to be turned into theface of the door, and with a flange I H, adapted to bear upon the faceof the door. In the outer end of this socket is a concave recess I,corresponding to the ball C, which is adapted to set into it, and fromthis recess is a passage which tapers outward, as clearly shown in Fig.2. This tapered recess per mits the spindle to be turned at an angle tothe plane of the socket, whereby the spindle may always conform properlywith the face of the door, at the same time providing a smooth andfinished bearing for the shank of the handle, the ball always forming atight joint with the socket in whatever position it may be turned.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is=- 1. In a handle for coach-doors,- thecombi nation with a shank having a ball-shaped projection, of anexternally-threaded socket formed with a circular concave recess in itsouter end adapted to receive said ball, and an opening through the rearend of the socket for the passage of said shank, substantially asdescribed.

2. A handle for coach-doors comprising a shank having a ball-shapedprojection and socket having a concave recess, adapted to receive saidprojection, and with a tapered opening from said recess through the rearof the socket, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscrib ing witnesses.

QRRIN H. SCRANTON.

Witnesses:

FREDERIC C. EARLE,

CLARA L. WEED.

